After he loses his high-paying job, Dory takes a gig as a night janitor in order to pay rent. Alone late at night inside a market research firm, he soon discovers the company is experimenting on their other janitors ...
Plot Points
So Dory's (Marshall Allman) sitting on the bluffs of a cliff reading the Bible and sees a message in a bottle floating up. He goes to reach for it, but falls in; can't get the bottle uncorked, so he smashes it and cuts his hand on glass; and when he finally reads the message, it says, "Fuck You". Thus starts Dory's meltdown. At work the constant office chattering leads him to freaking out and quit his job. On the way out a guy gives him a card where he can get a job as a janitor. After countless interviews, Dory caves in and goes to get a job with Spiffy Jiffy Janitorial Services.
At SJJS he meets a group of alternative-punk outsiders. There's O.C. (Vince Vieluf) who shows him the tricks and tips of the building. How to clean the bathroom, where to get thrown out food, rooftop access. Then there's Methyl (Tygh Runyan) and Ethyl (Tania Raymonde). They get the job done, but also find time to fuck on conference tables.
Soon into the story, Dory finds a wrapped cookie in the trash and tries it. Tracy (Natasha Lyonne) works at the office and catches him eating the cookie. She jokes that they are thermal cookies that are suppose to give you the feeling of warm home-baked cookie with every bite. Tracy mentions how a new batch has been tested and invites him to attend a focus group to determine the best taste. Dory and O.C. attend and from their, and other's expressions, many of the cookies are not good but one stands out.
Back at work, Dory is catching on. He quickly finds his rhythm and how to get a job done quickly. He's busting through his work one day, when a bathroom stall, with a huge mess, seriously alarms him. There's blue goo in the toilet and Dory believes something's moving around in it. He calls the others to help. They are in awe of the mess and call it a "Grade A Blowout". They take a picture, flush, and move on to complete their tasks.
Cut to Tracy and her boss talking about the results. They have found the right formula for the taste, however, are still concerned about one little testing abnormality. It seems that men test subjects experience serious stomach trouble from eating the cookies. To get a closer look at what happens Tracy proposes "giving" the cookies to the janitors. They leave them in bowls around the office and place a garage bag full of the them in the trash. They can't get enough.
Overtime, you see the group eating the cookies, but the relationships start to alter. Tracy has been working her way into the group by getting closer with Vince. Methyl and Ethyl have had some problems. Aside from all the drugs, Dory slept with Ethyl. And them Ethyl goes mysteriously missing. Vince then comes into some money that lets him pursue his post-modern toilet art, effectively quitting SJJS. All this happens while the guys are dealing with constant stomach problems and vibrant hallucinations.
Dory soon gets suspicious of Tracy's presence and the constant availability of the cookies. He imagines they are being used as guinea pigs and that the blue goo in the toilet is only a glimpse of what's going to happen to them.
Afterthoughts
Something that's not really explored through conversation, but rather subtext and imagery is Dory's longing for peace and guidance and answers. He dabbles into several difference religions including what I assume is protestant Christianity to Hare Krishna. The beginning of the movie even has images of a T.V. evangelist preaching and kind of breaking the fourth wall by goading Dory into action.
I'm pretty sure I would recommend this movie. Not to people who see only what's popular and critically acclaimed. I don't think they would appreciate this. This is for people who like movie's with something to say. Now I'm not sure that the movie delivered what it hoped to, however, it's an original movie that allows you to walk out and discuss. You can discuss the layers or simply say, "What the fuck did I just watch?"
At SJJS he meets a group of alternative-punk outsiders. There's O.C. (Vince Vieluf) who shows him the tricks and tips of the building. How to clean the bathroom, where to get thrown out food, rooftop access. Then there's Methyl (Tygh Runyan) and Ethyl (Tania Raymonde). They get the job done, but also find time to fuck on conference tables.
Soon into the story, Dory finds a wrapped cookie in the trash and tries it. Tracy (Natasha Lyonne) works at the office and catches him eating the cookie. She jokes that they are thermal cookies that are suppose to give you the feeling of warm home-baked cookie with every bite. Tracy mentions how a new batch has been tested and invites him to attend a focus group to determine the best taste. Dory and O.C. attend and from their, and other's expressions, many of the cookies are not good but one stands out.
Back at work, Dory is catching on. He quickly finds his rhythm and how to get a job done quickly. He's busting through his work one day, when a bathroom stall, with a huge mess, seriously alarms him. There's blue goo in the toilet and Dory believes something's moving around in it. He calls the others to help. They are in awe of the mess and call it a "Grade A Blowout". They take a picture, flush, and move on to complete their tasks.
Cut to Tracy and her boss talking about the results. They have found the right formula for the taste, however, are still concerned about one little testing abnormality. It seems that men test subjects experience serious stomach trouble from eating the cookies. To get a closer look at what happens Tracy proposes "giving" the cookies to the janitors. They leave them in bowls around the office and place a garage bag full of the them in the trash. They can't get enough.
Overtime, you see the group eating the cookies, but the relationships start to alter. Tracy has been working her way into the group by getting closer with Vince. Methyl and Ethyl have had some problems. Aside from all the drugs, Dory slept with Ethyl. And them Ethyl goes mysteriously missing. Vince then comes into some money that lets him pursue his post-modern toilet art, effectively quitting SJJS. All this happens while the guys are dealing with constant stomach problems and vibrant hallucinations.
Dory soon gets suspicious of Tracy's presence and the constant availability of the cookies. He imagines they are being used as guinea pigs and that the blue goo in the toilet is only a glimpse of what's going to happen to them.
Afterthoughts
Something that's not really explored through conversation, but rather subtext and imagery is Dory's longing for peace and guidance and answers. He dabbles into several difference religions including what I assume is protestant Christianity to Hare Krishna. The beginning of the movie even has images of a T.V. evangelist preaching and kind of breaking the fourth wall by goading Dory into action.
I'm pretty sure I would recommend this movie. Not to people who see only what's popular and critically acclaimed. I don't think they would appreciate this. This is for people who like movie's with something to say. Now I'm not sure that the movie delivered what it hoped to, however, it's an original movie that allows you to walk out and discuss. You can discuss the layers or simply say, "What the fuck did I just watch?"
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